# CVE-2025-0128: PAN-OS: Firewall Denial of Service (DoS) Using a Specially Crafted Packet

> An unauthenticated attacker can cause a firewall reboot and enter maintenance mode by sending a crafted packet to the SCEP authentication feature.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:M/U:Amber`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g8cx-ccc5-rjfw

## What is CVE-2025-0128?

CVE-2025-0128 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW, published on 11 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) authentication feature of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® software enables an unauthenticated attacker to initiate system reboots using a maliciously crafted packet. Repeated attempts to initiate a reboot causes the firewall to enter maintenance mode.

Cloud NGFW is not affected by this vulnerability. Prisma® Access software is proactively patched and protected from this issue.

Weakness: CWE-754 (Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0128?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-0128?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0128 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0128 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0128 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0128 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW, published on 11 Apr 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0128 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0128/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0128/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0128
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0128
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0128

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0128/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.